Petar Metličić

{{short description|Croatian handball player (born 1976)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}

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| name = Petar Metličić

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| nationality = Croatian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|12|25}}

| birth_place = Split, SFR Yugoslavia

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| height = 1.94 m

| position = Right back

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| youthclubs1 = RK Split

| years1 = 1993–1998

| clubs1 = RK Brodomerkur Split

| years2 = 1998–2002

| clubs2 = RK Metković Jambo

| years3 = 2002–2005

| clubs3 = CB Ademar León

| years4 = 2005–2010

| clubs4 = BM Ciudad Real

| years5 = 2010–2012

| clubs5 = RK Pivovarna Laško Celje

| years6 = 2012–2013

| clubs6 = Montpellier

| nationalyears1 = 1997–2009

| nationalteam1 = Croatia

| nationalcaps1 = 175

| nationalgoals1 = 471

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| manageryears1 = 2015–2017

| managerclubs1 = Croatia (assistant)

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{{MedalSport | Men's handball }}

{{MedalCountry | {{hb|CRO}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2004 Athens|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalGold | 2003 Portugal | Team }}

{{MedalSilver | 2005 Tunisia | Team }}

{{MedalSilver | 2009 Croatia | Team }}

{{MedalCompetition|Statoil World Cup}}

{{MedalGold | 2006 Sweden & Germany | Team }}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalSilver | 2008 Norway | Team }}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalGold|2001 Tunis|Team}}

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Petar Metličić (born 25 December 1976) is a Croatian former handball player. He was captain of the Croatian national team[http://www.ehf-euro.com/mens-euro-2008/teams/group-a/croatia.html "Croatia"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205004333/http://www.ehf-euro.com/mens-euro-2008/teams/group-a/croatia.html |date=5 February 2008 }} – European Handbal Federation (Retrieved on January 25, 2008) from 2006 to 2009, after the departure of Slavko Goluža.{{cite web|url=http://gol.dnevnik.hr/clanak/ostali_sportovi/petar-metlicic-biografija-pomocnog-trenera-reprezentacije-i-bivseg-kapetana---422353.html |title=Petar Metličić - legendarni kapetan zlatne generacije |publisher=Gol.hr}} He won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens[http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=METLIPET01 Profile: "Petar Metlicic"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525042412/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=METLIPET01 |date=25 May 2006}} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 25, 2008){{cite Sports-Reference}} as well as at the 2003 World Championship in Portugal.

At club level he played in the top tier in Croatia, Spain, Slovenia and France. He has won the EHF Champions League three times and the EHF Champions Trophy twice with BM Ciudad Real as well as the IHF Super Globe and EHF Cup Winner's Cup with CB Ademar León, and the EHF Cup with RK Metković Jambo.

In September 2007 he opened, alongside his former colleague Ivano Balić, the "Balić-Metličić" handball academy. Metličić is also a coach in the academy.{{cite web|url=http://www.balicmetlicic.com/hr/o-klubu |title=O klubu |website=www.balicmetlicic.com |access-date=23 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412211816/http://www.balicmetlicic.com/hr/o-klubu |archive-date=12 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}

From February 2015 to January 2017 he served as an assistant coach to Željko Babić in the Croatia men's team.{{cite web|url=https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/rukometna-reprezentacija-dobila-novog-izbornika-992239 |title=Rukometna reprezentacija dobila novog izbornika! |publisher=Večernji list |date=27 February 2015 |access-date=27 January 2021 |language=hr}}